healing the Broken Heartland

David Ostendorf

Tuesday, 08 Feb 1994 at 12:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union

David Ostendorf was the Director of PrairieFire Rural Action, the Des Moines-based education and advocacy organization which he co-founded in 1985. he is now working to forge linkages between urban and rural communities around political, economic and racial justice issues as a consultant on projects which include the Midwestern Long Term Recovery Program of the American friends Service Committee and the Town and Rural Ministries Institute of the United Church of Christ.
Part of the National Affairs Series

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